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Marcasite from
Granville mine (Granville East prospect), Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Formation:Primary
Comments:Always intimately mixed with pyrite, probably replacing pyrrhotite. Decomposes rapidly to sulphates.
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
XRF
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Granville mine (Granville East prospect), Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1258243
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1258243:7
GUID (UUID V4):eada6b76-d09b-4678-a3af-5c3acfe53bce
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
16.4km (10.2 miles) Sweeney's mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
16.7km (10.4 miles) Globe Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
21.3km (13.2 miles) Spray Mine, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
25.8km (16.0 miles) Cuni mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
29.6km (18.4 miles) Renison Bell Mine (Renison Mine), North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
34.1km (21.2 miles) Colebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
35.8km (22.3 miles) Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
43.8km (27.2 miles) Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
49.6km (30.8 miles) Lyell Comstock Pb/Zn mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
54.7km (34.0 miles) Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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